US 11,934,168 B2
Method and interface for automated loop checking of an industrial process control and automation system
Varun Prabhakar, Bangalore (IN); Dawa Pakimo, Bangalore (IN); Rahul De, Bangalore (IN); Arzoo Abdulla, Uttar Pradesh (IN); Ananda H, Bangalore (IN); and Chetan Prahlada Rao, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/024,415.
Prior Publication US 2021/0088994 A1, Mar. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. G05B 19/042 (2006.01); G06F 9/32 (2018.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01)
CPC G05B 19/0425 (2013.01) [G06F 9/325 (2013.01); G06F 13/28 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
importing wiring diagrams and alarm setpoints to an operating software executing on a hand-held device from a database, the operating software using the wiring diagrams and alarm setpoints to build an I/O loop check file for a first I/O loop of a plurality of I/O loops the operating software includes a library of predefined test types to select a type of test;
incorporating the type of test with the wiring diagrams and the alarm setpoints in the I/O loop check file;
installing a dongle adapted to simulate I/O signals on a first terminal block, the dongle making an electrical connection to each of the plurality of I/O loops, wherein the first terminal block includes a plurality of terminal sockets connected to the plurality of I/O loops;
transmitting via a communication link the I/O loop check file to the dongle for the first I/O loop;
instructing the dongle by the operating software to perform an I/O loop test on the first I/O loop by simulating I/O signals based on the I/O loop check file;
transmitting via the communication link the results of the I/O loop test to the operating software;
monitoring and tracking the first I/O loop test comparing the results of the I/O loop test to an expected result;
recording the results of the first I/O loop test by the dongle; and
uploading the results of the first I/O loop test to the operating software.